Retired Boyds Bear COMPLETE Nativity Christmas 16 pc. Start Price USD 199.99 Current Price USD 199.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 26, 2008 Location Shelbyville, Michigan See more about 'Retired Boyds Bear COMPLETE Nativity Christmas 16 pc.' Description Boyd's Nativity Series The "Nativity" series, also known as the "School Pageant" began in 1995 and was retired in 1999. In all, there were sixteen figures issued in groups of four beginning with the first series in 1995 which included "The Stage", "Neville as Joseph", "Theresa as Mary" and "Baldwin as the Baby Jesus". The second series of figures was issued in 1996 and included "Wilson as Melchoir", "Heath as Caspar" "Raleigh as Balthasar" and "Thatcher and Eden as the Camel". The third series was issued in 1997 and included "Essex as the Donkey", Winkie and Dink as the lambs", Bruce as the Shepherd" and "Ariel and Clarence as the Pair O' Angels". The fourth and final series was issued in 1998 and included " Caledonia as the Narrator", "Ms. Bruin as the Teacher", "Matthew as the Drummer" and "Serendipity as the Guardian Angel". Over the years, as new figures were added, the existing figures continued to be produced each year. This will help to explain why there are more figures available in the first series than there are for the second series and more first and second than third. The fourth series of figures were only produced for about two years and there are not as many of those available as the are for the other series figures. Since there are fewer of the fourth series figures, they usually are valued a little higher than the others. There appears to be a little confusion for many concerning the edition numbers of these figures. On the bottom of each figure there will be a number such as 1E/1,750. The first number is the Edition number and the second number represents the number of the figure within that edition. In this example, this figure would be the 1,750th figure produced in the first edition. Each Edition of these figures has 7,200 pieces. This means there are only 7,200 1E figures, 7,200 2E figures and so on for as many editions as there are. Some figures have edition numbers that range all the way to 20E+. The first three editions have higher value than the the other figures do. All figures that are 4E and higher have the same value. This is a complete list of pieces, series number, and Edition, that I am selling. Stage #4 10E Wilson as Melchoir #2 11E Essex as the Donkey #3 8E Caledonia as the Narrator #4 5E Neville as Joseph #1 11E Raleigh as Balthasar #2 8E Bruce as the Shepherd #3 8E Ms. Bruin as the Teacher #4 4E Theresa as Mary #2 12E Heath as Caspar #2 6E Pair O'Angels #3 Mathew as the Drummer #4 6E Baldwin as the Baby Jesus #3 12E Thatcher as the Camel #2 9E Winkie and Dink as the lambs #3 9E and Serendipity #4 5E. All pieces are in ORIGINAL boxes and ORIGINAL packaging. They were displayed in my home for 2 Christmas seasons and have since been in their boxes. Perfect condition!!!! The shipping price includes insurance. I 'borrowed' the picture...which isn't very good. I didn't want to take them all out of their boxes, again. The second picture is how they will be shipped, original boxes and packaging, with additional packaging. I've looked through all the current listings on ebay and all of my pieces 'match' the ones listed. Purchased individually, at the start price, from the current listings, you'd spend $334 PLUS $90 to ship (Just so you don't have to do the math...:) Good luck and feel free to contact me, if you have any additional questions or would like a different picture! Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!